From the FINANCIAL TIMES Editorial: …Compared to 2008, when Barack Obama emerged triumphant against all the early odds, the 2012 campaign has offered little inspiration, still less instruction, on what Mr Obama or his Republican rival Mitt Romney would actually do in office. Yet tomorrow’s election is arguably as important as any since 1980, when Ronald Reagan’s victory accelerated a shift to deregulation and supply-side economics.

In a deposition, a scientist for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection testified that her laboratory tested for a range of metals but reported results for only some of them because the department’s oil and gas division had not requested results from the full range of tests…

PEW RESEARCH: …Online and digital news consumption, meanwhile, continues to increase, with many more people now getting news on cell phones, tablets or other mobile platforms. And perhaps the most dramatic change in the news environment has been the rise of social networking sites.

The third reason for supporting Kathleen Kane is that she is our, Pennsylvania’s, only chance for having an independent Attorney General. One candidate, Mr. Freed, has himself said he has a conflict of interest because the Attorney General is doing an investigation of the Hershey Trust that involves his father-in-law, who was its chairman for many years.

Today’s Presentment is the latest desperate act by Governor Tom Corbett to cover up and divert attention away from the fact that he failed to warn the Penn State community about the suspicions surrounding Jerry Sandusky, and instead knowingly allowed a child predator to roam free in Pennsylvania. Its timing speaks volumes.

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: …So found the latest Inquirer Pennsylvania Poll, in which likely voters, by a ratio of nearly 2-1, said they favored doing away with state control over the sale of wine and liquor.

And 61 percent of respondents in the bipartisan survey said they supported

“We were on fast-reaction mode,” he said. “To use a medical analogy, you had some acute bleeding you had to stop, you had to stabilize the patient, but you didn’t realize then how extensive the injuries were.

From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: … The poll, released Wednesday, found Obama edging Romney, 49 percent to 45 percent among likely voters, with 4 percent undecided. Obama’s lead in Pennsylvania has narrowed. In September, the F&M poll showed Obama leading Romney, 52 percent to 43 percent, with 3 percent undecided.

“The president has been all over this and he deserves great credit,” Christie said. “I’ve been on the phone with him, like I said, yesterday, personally three times. He gave me his number at the White House, told me to call him if I needed anything. And he absolutely means it.”…